VCV Spelling Pattern

ALERT
BECOME
BELOW
BICYCLE
CADET
CYCLE
CYCLIST
CYCLONE
DEFEND
DEPEND
MARINE
OCEAN
PARENT
PERIL
POLICE
RECYCLE
RELATE
RIVAL
SIREN
TODAY

When you are reading words with the VCV pattern, if you divide the word after the first vowel as in ba-con, the vowel is pronounced with the long sound. If you divide a VCV patterned word after the consonant as in pres-ent, the vowel is pronounced with the short vowel sound.

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

J G C Q T Q X Z F R O R C Z W
H V C T H N M E U G N T U T T
E N I R A M E W L L H E E S N
F T X L A V I R X C G D S A A
U I L O B E D N A X Y A E J B
R I A E E I U I D P Y C R J R
J C L I C Y C Y C L O N E P W
G O A V O S Y Y E T A L E R T
W L L T M P C M C P B R I I X
U E Z G E H L I K L I D P C S
C P G W C N I L H L E E W Y E
L Q N E R I S W M P C F X S K
V E Y A D O T R E G C E H C F
N R V O L K J N N D O N N Y H
T G E D D E D S S Z C D D C G
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Answer Key for VCV Spelling Pattern

X
Y
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1# # # # T # # # # # # # # # #
2# # # # # N # E # # # T # # #
3E N I R A M E # L # # E # # N
4# # # L A V I R # C # D # A #
5# # # # B # # # A # Y A E # #
6# # # E E I # # # P # C # # #
7# # L # C # C Y C L O N E P #
8# O # # O # Y Y E T A L E R T
9W # # # M # C # C # # R I # #
10# # # # E # L # # L I D # C #
11# # # # # # I # # L E E # # E
12# # N E R I S # # P # F # # #
13# # Y A D O T # E # # E # # #
14# # # # # # # N # # # N # # #
15# # # # # # D # # # # D # # #
Word X Y Direction
ALERT  118e
BECOME  55s
BELOW  55sw
BICYCLE  88se
CADET  126n
CYCLE  77se
CYCLIST  77s
CYCLONE  77e
DEFEND  1210s
DEPEND  1111sw
MARINE  63w
OCEAN  117ne
PARENT  106nw
PERIL  147sw
POLICE  117se
RECYCLE  137nw
RELATE  148w
RIVAL  84w
SIREN  712w
TODAY  713w